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as in to disseminate
to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people
circulate the plans for the new stadium around town to get people's reaction
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as in to rumor
to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy
circulated a rumor that someone was about to be fired
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as in to spread
to become known
the prince denies the story about an extramarital affair that's been circulating in the tabloids
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Recent Examples of circulate
Rumors circulated earlier this year that Trump was considering tapping former University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban to lead a new commission examining problems arising with the growth of name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights and coinciding changes to the NCAA transfer process.
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Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 24 July 2025
Just days after the FDA meeting wrapped, a different story about menopause began circulating—this time, from the women living it.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 22 July 2025
Video circulating online and verified by NBC News showed Saraya and his family members being killed.
—Caroline Radnofsky, NBC news, 22 July 2025
Hosam Saraya, a 35-year-old Syrian-American, was identified by a friend and a US relative as one of eight men whose killing was captured on a video that circulated on social media over the weekend.
—Sarah Dewberry, CNN Money, 22 July 2025
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Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 24 July 2025
Just days after the FDA meeting wrapped, a different story about menopause began circulating—this time, from the women living it.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 22 July 2025
Video circulating online and verified by NBC News showed Saraya and his family members being killed.
—Caroline Radnofsky, NBC news, 22 July 2025
Hosam Saraya, a 35-year-old Syrian-American, was identified by a friend and a US relative as one of eight men whose killing was captured on a video that circulated on social media over the weekend.
—Sarah Dewberry, CNN Money, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for circulate
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All opinions expressed by the CNBC Pro contributors are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of CNBC, NBC UNIVERSAL, their parent company or affiliates, and may have been previously disseminated by them on television, radio, internet or another medium.—
Jeff Kilburg,
CNBC,
1 Aug. 2025
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Israeli foreign agents also disseminate favorable information about their patron state to congressional offices.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
28 July 2025
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The new phone is rumored to be as slim as 5.5mm, excluding the camera bump.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Representative Nancy Mace, a South Carolina Republican, is rumored to be soon announcing her bid to become the Palmetto State's governor, though early polls show a large degree of uncertainty among the electorate.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Aug. 2025
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Since then, King has created over 150 renderings spread across 10 posts that show the Queen City from new angles.—
Sydney Franklin,
The Enquirer,
31 July 2025
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The Pan American Health Organization issued an epidemic warning as the worst yellow fever outbreak in decades spread across South America.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
31 July 2025
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Banana plants propagate vegetatively by offsets that grow up from their base with masses of leaves.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
25 July 2025
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Google's Veo 3 videos have propagated across the Internet since the model's debut in May, blurring the line between truth and fiction.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 July 2025
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It will be whispered but never spoken aloud lest too many clients will be alienated.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
13 July 2025
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Surfers began whispering about the good surf brought on by the area’s sometimes harsh weather in recent years.—
Liz Provencher,
Travel + Leisure,
12 July 2025
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Data from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research reveals that for every additional level of education, poverty rates for single mothers declined by an average of 33%.—
Rita Raichoudhuri,
Chicago Tribune,
23 July 2025
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Every microservice outage reveals the presence of unmanaged complexity, weak isolation mechanisms and non-existent feedback loops.—
Raju Dandigam,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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“Circulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circulate. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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